Gift Guide: Art books

Dec. 2, 2013

Updated Dec. 10, 2013 3:20 p.m.

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"Henry T. Segerstrom," with text by Bonnie Rychlak. Published by Assouline.This large, coffee-table book documents Segerstrom's life from the bean fields of Costa Mesa to the construction of the Orange County Performing Arts Center – now Segerstrom Center for the Arts – and its $240 million concert hall, completed in September 2006. The book also recounts the 1982 construction of “California Scenario” by Isamu Noguchi, and contains images of the Segerstrom family's public art collection. Most impressive are the full-color photographs of the concert hall, both interior and exterior, as well as Segerstrom-commissioned buildings and sculptures surrounding the arts center. Cost: $150 Find it: Assouline, South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa Web: assouline.com H. LORREN AU JR., ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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"Art Deco" by Norbert Wolf is 288 pages with 220 illustrations. It's published by Prestel.Also a large, decorative volume, “Art Deco” captures the influential 1920s and ‘30s style in architecture, design, paintings, sculpture and posters. This beautiful tome offers hundreds of examples of art deco in the U.S., the Americas and across Europe. Cost: $85 Find it: Most fine art bookstores Web: amazon.com or prestel.com COURTESY OF PRESTEL

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“David Hockney: A Bigger Exhibition” (DelMonico/Prestel) by Richard Benefield, Lawrence Weschler, Sarah Howgate and David Hockney. This lavishly illustrated book contains more than 200 full-color works by Hockney, considered the most influential British artist of his generation. The catalog coincides with Hockney's exhibit at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, which runs through Jan. 20. It features recent iPhone and iPad drawings, self-portraits, photo collages and an essay by the artist himself. Cost: $65 Find it: Most fine art bookstores Web: amazon.com or prestel.com

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"James Welling: Monograph" by James Crump. Published by Aperture Foundation.Welling has held a strong influence on the current generation of art photographers. The catalog that accompanies his exhibit at the Hammer Museum (through Jan. 12) is a comprehensive collection of his often stunning work. Welling often erases the boundaries between painting, sculpture and photography. Cost: $80 Find it: Hammer Museum bookstore, 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles Web: hammer.ucla.edu or aperture.org COURTESY OF HAMMER MUSEUM

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"Art Held Hostage: The Battle Over the Barnes Collection," written by John Anderson. Published by W.W. Norton. This is the first and definitive account of the fate of the fabled Barnes art collection, which features more than 2,500 objects and 800 paintings, including masterpieces in Impressionism, Post-Impressionism and modernism. In 2010, Bloomberg reported that the collection was worth $25 billion. Here, Anderson has captured in sordid detail the backroom dealings and legal squabbles that led to the relocation of the collection from Merion, Pa., to downtown Philadelphia, against Albert C. Barnes' wishes. The paperback features a new, illuminating epilogue. Cost: $15.95 Find it: Barnes & Noble or any large bookstore Web: amazon.com or wwnorton.com COURTESY OF W.W. NORTON

"Henry T. Segerstrom," with text by Bonnie Rychlak. Published by Assouline.This large, coffee-table book documents Segerstrom's life from the bean fields of Costa Mesa to the construction of the Orange County Performing Arts Center – now Segerstrom Center for the Arts – and its $240 million concert hall, completed in September 2006. The book also recounts the 1982 construction of “California Scenario” by Isamu Noguchi, and contains images of the Segerstrom family's public art collection. Most impressive are the full-color photographs of the concert hall, both interior and exterior, as well as Segerstrom-commissioned buildings and sculptures surrounding the arts center. Cost: $150 Find it: Assouline, South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa Web: assouline.com H. LORREN AU JR., ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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“Henry T. Segerstrom” (Assouline) by Bonnie Rychlak

This large, coffee-table book documents Segerstrom’s life from the bean fields of Costa Mesa to the construction of the Orange County Performing Arts Center – now Segerstrom Center for the Arts – and its $240 million concert hall, completed in September 2006. The book also recounts the 1982 construction of “California Scenario” by Isamu Noguchi, and contains images of the Segerstrom family’s public art collection. Most impressive are the full-color photographs of the concert hall, both interior and exterior, as well as Segerstrom-commissioned buildings and sculptures surrounding the arts center.

Also a large, decorative volume, “Art Deco” captures the influential 1920s and ‘30s style in architecture, design, paintings, sculpture and posters. This beautiful tome offers hundreds of examples of art deco in the U.S., the Americas and across Europe.

This lavishly illustrated book contains more than 200 full-color works by Hockney, considered the most influential British artist of his generation. The catalog coincides with Hockney’s exhibit at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, which runs through Jan. 20. It features recent iPhone and iPad drawings, self-portraits, photo collages and an essay by the artist himself.

Welling has held a strong influence on the current generation of art photographers. The catalog that accompanies his exhibit at the Hammer Museum (through Jan. 12) is a comprehensive collection of his often stunning work. Welling often erases the boundaries between painting, sculpture and photography.

“Art Held Hostage: The Battle Over the Barnes Collection” (W.W. Norton) by John Anderson

This is the first and definitive account of the fate of the fabled Barnes art collection, which features more than 2,500 objects and 800 paintings, including masterpieces in Impressionism, Post-Impressionism and modernism. In 2010, Bloomberg reported that the collection was worth $25 billion. Here, Anderson has captured in sordid detail the backroom dealings and legal squabbles that led to the relocation of the collection from Merion, Pa., to downtown Philadelphia, against Albert C. Barnes’ wishes. The paperback features a new, illuminating epilogue.

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